Pain and Smoking Study - Interactive Voice Response

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorVA Office of Research and Development

About this trial

PASS2 aims to expand upon the recently completed study (PASS intervention), which tested the telephone delivery of a cognitive behavioral intervention (CBI). This study will use Interactive Voice Response (IVR) to optimize the intervention's effectiveness for smoking cessation among Veteran smokers with chronic pain.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

being an enrolled Veteran at VACHS;

current tobacco use;

willingness to make a quit attempt;

significant chronic pain defined as >/=4 on the pain intensity portion of the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) for more than 90 days.

Disqualifiers

active diagnosis of dementia or psychosis in medical record;

severely impaired hearing or speech;

lack of telephone access;

enrollment in concurrent research study that might affect main outcomes of this study;

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • PASS-IVR
  • Treatment as Usual

Treatment groups

220 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups